The widespread treatment of hypertension and resultant improvement in blood pressure
have been major contributors to the dramatic age-specific decline in heart disease and …

Blacks are two to three times as likely as whites to die of preventable heart disease and
stroke. Declines in mortality from heart disease have not eliminated racial disparities …

Hoy en día, es ampliamente sabido que la falta de adherencia al tratamiento es la principal
causa de que no se obtengan todos los beneficios que los medicamentos pueden …

Ischaemic heart disease has a multifactorial aetiology and can be prevented from
developing in populations primordially, and in individuals at high risk by primary prevention …

Objective To describe trends in the burden of mortality due to subtypes of heart disease from
1999 to 2018 to inform targeted prevention strategies and reduce disparities. Design Serial …

Suboptimal adherence to antihypertensive medication is a major contributor to poor blood
pressure control. Several methods, direct or indirect, are available for measuring adherence …

While there have been significant advances made towards controlling cardiovascular
disease (CVD) morbidity and mortality in recent decades, African-Americans continue to …

Hypercholesterolemia is a leading cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.
Accordingly, efforts to lower apolipoprotein B–containing lipoproteins in plasma are the …

Uncontrolled hypertension (HTN) in the US is particularly prevalent and devastating among
black individuals, who disproportionately suffer the consequences of this condition to a …

Background: Despite the well-established benefits of secondary cardiovascular prevention,
the importance of concurrent medical therapy in clinical trials of coronary revascularization is …